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The Lawrence Public Library is a public library of 200,000 titles
with
two buildings in the City of Lawrence. The library services a
diverse
population of 70,000 people. The Special Collections of the
library
include some 30,000 items. The collections include the AOH Div.
8 Irish
Collection as well as manuscripts, six monograph collections, 200
serial
titles, 3000 photographs, 500 World War I and II posters, 30
archival
collections, and a variety of ephemera that document the history
of the
Merrimack Valley. Other subjects included in the Special
Collections
are labor, immigration, the textile industry, local genealogy,
Catholicism, and the history of New England.
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Aerial View
Lawrence, Massachusetts |
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Balloon Ascension
Lawrence, Massachusetts |
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Brothers of the Brush
Lawrence, Massachusetts Centennial |
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Sisters of the Swish
Lawrence, Massachusetts Centennial |
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Lawrence Canoe Club Lawrence, Massachusetts |
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The Fountain on Common Lawrence, Massachusetts |
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Lawrence Common Lawrence, Massachusetts |
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Great Cyclone at Lawrence, Mass., July 26, 1890 |
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Great Cyclone at Lawrence, Mass., July 26, 1890 |
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Lawrence Dam covered with ice, February 11, 1918 Lawrence, Massachusetts |
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Essex Street From Lawrence Street, 1910 Lawrence, Massachusetts
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Fire at the Plymouth Mills on Marston Street January 25, 1911 Lawrence, Massachusetts
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Lawrence Dam at Flood Height, March 20, 1936 |
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Flag waving over the God and Country Parade, 1962 Lawrence, Massachusetts |
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Edward M. Kennedy campaigning in the God and Country Parade
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Public Library, Lawrence, Mass. |
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Four Theatres in a Row Lawrence, Massachusetts |
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Teddy Roosevelt's visit on August 26, 1902 Lawrence, Massachusetts |
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